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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
digital education technology enable
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC classes are
normally 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 numerous
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
open educational
undertakings.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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