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 this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
e-learning have provided the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners 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
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Midway Islands to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
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