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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advancements in
distance learning have made it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally 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
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To respond to this
growing
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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