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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
online education are enabling
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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