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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners 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 numerous
issues that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
today because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
ventures.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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