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 this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
e-learning have empowered
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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