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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
need for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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