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
which
talks about
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
elearning are enabling
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Serbia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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