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.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online education technology enable
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Georgetown University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
fascinating new open education
undertakings.
Scientists want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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