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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
online learning have made it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
today because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
YouTube to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also examines the
major 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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