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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students 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 quite a few
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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