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
explores
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
online education enable
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
have to consider
now that online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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