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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for students 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 variety of
issues that
online education institutions
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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