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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
distance learning make it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes online.
These MOOCs are
normally free
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
topics that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
today because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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