MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
online learning technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ukraine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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