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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
online education are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
normally 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 several
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Mongolia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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