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.
Find out more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for learners 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 a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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