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 the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
elearning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
almost always 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 quite a few
topics that
elearning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This thrilling new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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