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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
online learning are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open courses are
normally 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 many
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
need for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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