MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online learning are providing the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
typically 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.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to consider
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
need for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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