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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
now that learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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