MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
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
subjects that
online education institutions
must deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Turkmenistan to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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