MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
developments in
elearning have enabled
people
all around the world
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are considering
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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