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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These 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 quite a few
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
new open educational
undertakings.
Scholars want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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