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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
digital education technology have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Algeria to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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