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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
learning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally 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 many
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
One Month to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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