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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
online education technology have enabled
learners
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
are considering
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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