MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
digital education technology have empowered
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily 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 quite a few
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johnston Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|