MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
elearning technology have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes online.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily 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 quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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