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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOCs are
free
for learners 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 several
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johnston Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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