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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually 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 many
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This thrilling new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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