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 is a
book
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
electronic education technology have empowered
students
all over the world
to take classes online.
These MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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