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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for students 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 learning organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
need for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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