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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
digital education technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always 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 lot of
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
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