MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
online education technology make it possible for
learners
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners 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 many
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to comprehend how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
these
open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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