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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
distance learning enable
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
free
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 many
topics that
online education institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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