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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
online education technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These MOOCs are
normally free
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
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to consider
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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