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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
electronic education technology are enabling
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily 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 quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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