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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
online education have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for students 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
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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