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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOCs are
usually 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 variety of
subjects that
e-learning organizations
have to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
desire for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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