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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
today because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Arizona State University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Educators want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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