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.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
elearning are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for students 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 several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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