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.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advancements in
elearning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOCs are
typically free
for students 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
subjects that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This thrilling new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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