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 the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for learners 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 many
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Utah to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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