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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOCs are
almost always 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 variety of
subjects that
online education organizations
have to consider
today because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bulgaria to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Trainers want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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