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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
online learning are enabling
students
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for students 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 variety of
topics that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience.
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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