MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
e-learning enable
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
new open education
ventures.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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