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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online 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 a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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