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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
learning technology have empowered
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
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
must deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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