MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
e-learning are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
subjects that
online education institutions
must deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open education
undertakings.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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