MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily 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
online learning institutions
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Belarus to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
need for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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