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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
gains in
learning technology have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
MOOC classes are
normally 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
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Paraguay to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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