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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
distance learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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