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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
elearning enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for learners 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
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are considering
now that distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
important new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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