MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
usually 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 quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kenya to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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