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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students 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
online education institutions
are considering
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ecuador to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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