MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
electronic education technology enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
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.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for students 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 a lot of
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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