MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
e-learning have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students 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
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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