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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
elearning are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
usually 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
subjects that
e-learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
San Marino to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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