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 this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
mostly 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
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Duke University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
need for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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