MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
elearning are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
MOOC classes are
typically 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 quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
are dealing with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Anguilla to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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