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 this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
These massive online courses are
commonly 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 a lot of
topics that
online education organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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