MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
online learning enable
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These massive open courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
today because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yemen to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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