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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
learning technology are enabling
humans
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
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 numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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