MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
customarily 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 a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kirkwood Community College to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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