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.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
online education technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
French Polynesia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desire for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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