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 is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
evolvements in
learning technology enable
students
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOC classes are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to consider
today because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Facebook to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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