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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive online courses are
usually 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
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
significant new open education
ventures.
People want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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