MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
e-learning technology have empowered
learners
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
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 numerous
topics that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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