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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online learning technology have enabled
humans
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily 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 many
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This thrilling new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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