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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
elearning technology have empowered
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
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 numerous
issues that
online education institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Micronesia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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