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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advancements in
e-learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students 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 lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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