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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
elearning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
These massive online courses are
free
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 quite a few
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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