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.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online education technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
These MOOCs are
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 a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Reunion to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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