MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
distance learning have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners 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 organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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