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 this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
students
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners 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
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
facts
the interesting 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 authoritative new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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