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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
learners
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
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 several
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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