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.
Find out more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning enable
students
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are
almost always 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 several
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Netherlands Antilles to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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