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 the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
electronic education technology enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
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 quite a few
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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