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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
electronic educational technology are enabling
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for students 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 numerous
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Oman to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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