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.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
researches
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
blended learning technology have empowered
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC classes are
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 several
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Uruguay to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
need for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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