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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOCs are
commonly 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 lot of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to consider
today because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Dominican Republic to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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