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 this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning have made it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for students 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 several
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
undertakings.
Researchers want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
demand for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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