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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advancements in
e-learning are empowering
people
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to consider
today because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
these
open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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