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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
electronic education technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
generally 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 numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Ecuador to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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