MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
normally 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.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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