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.
Find out more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
online education technology are empowering
students
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses are
mostly 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning organizations
have to deal with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kuwait to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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