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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
elearning have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online 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 many
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tonga to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to comprehend how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Students want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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