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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
e-learning have enabled
students
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Guadeloupe to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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