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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
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 several
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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