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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
evolvements in
online education technology make it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
MOOC classes 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 a lot of
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Venezuela to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
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