MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
advancements in
learning technology have empowered
students
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
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 a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Vanuatu to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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