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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
online education are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always 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
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can participants
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mauritania to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
need for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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