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 this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
online education are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
need for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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