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.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
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