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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
online education have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to consider
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Mauritius to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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