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.
Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
elearning have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
have to consider
today because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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