MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online learning technology have enabled
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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