MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning have made it possible for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for students 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 institutions
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can organizations
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
French Guiana to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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