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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
elearning technology enable
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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