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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
electronic educational technology are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Switzerland to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
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