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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
elearning have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Mongolia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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