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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
French Polynesia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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