MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
digital education technology have enabled
humans
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are numerous
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Norfolk Island to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
demand for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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