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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
learning technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Researchers
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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