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.
Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning institutions
have to consider
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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