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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC courses are
usually 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 a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Tumblr to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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