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.
Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
e-learning have made it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
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.
MOOC courses are
almost always 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 organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Swaziland to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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