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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
elearning have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOC courses are
usually 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
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