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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
typically 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 numerous
issues that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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