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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
distance learning are enabling
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students 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 a variety of
subjects that
online learning organizations
must deal with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to comprehend how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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