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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
online education technology have empowered
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive online courses are
generally free
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 a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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