MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
electronic educational technology enable
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC classes are
mostly 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 several
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Queen Maud Land to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
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