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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
electronic education technology enable
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
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
issues that
online education organizations
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can institutions
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ohio State University to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
need for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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