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.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
e-learning technology make it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are
commonly free
for learners 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 several
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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