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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
e-learning are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
have to consider
today because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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