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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
elearning have made it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are
almost always 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 a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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