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.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
elearning technology are empowering
humans
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are quite a few
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Gambia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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