MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can we
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Guam to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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