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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online learning are making it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
usually 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 a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Liberia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desire for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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