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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology are enabling
humans
all around the world
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
free
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 quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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