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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners 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
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This amazing new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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