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 this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
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 a variety of
issues that
elearning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Syria to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
new open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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