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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
elearning technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These massive open 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 several
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Everyone wants
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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