MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners 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 numerous
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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