MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive open courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can learners
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Angola to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
need for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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