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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for learners 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 variety of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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