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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
learning technology are making it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
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 a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are dealing with
today because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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