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 is a
book
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
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
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
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