MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
online education are empowering
learners
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
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.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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