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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
MOOC courses are
usually free
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
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Aruba to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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