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 this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
elearning have enabled
students
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
certify that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Lesotho to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Scientists want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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