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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
evolvements in
elearning have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students 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 a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
must deal with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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