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.
Find out more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
elearning technology have made it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly 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
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
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