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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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