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 the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
digital education technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tanzania to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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