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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are considering
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
need for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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