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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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