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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are considering
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
demand for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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