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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students 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 a variety of
topics that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
today because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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