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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
changes in
distance learning are providing the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
subjects that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Rutgers University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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