MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
changes in
e-learning enable
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
customarily 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 quite a few
subjects that
online education organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Utah Valley University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to know how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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