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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
distance learning have empowered
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
topics that
online education organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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