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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online education are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners 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
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
Trainers want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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