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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
electronic educational technology are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mali to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
need for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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