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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take classes online.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
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 a variety of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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