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 the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
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
online education institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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