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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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