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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
elearning technology have empowered
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
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 many
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This thrilling new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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