MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
online education technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
typically free
for learners 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 lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to deal with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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