MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online 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 several
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Slovenia to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desideratum
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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