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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
mostly 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
subjects that
online learning institutions
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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