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
describes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
e-learning are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kiribati to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
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