MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
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
book
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
online education technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to take online classes.
These massive open online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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