MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
e-learning enable
students
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Iran to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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