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
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
generally 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 a lot of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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