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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Zimbabwe to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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