MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
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
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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