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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online education make it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
These massive online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning organizations
have to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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