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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
distance learning technology have enabled
students
all around the world
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Monaco to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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