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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online learning technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Nigeria to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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