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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
online education are enabling
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massively open online 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 lot of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also addresses the
most important 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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