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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for students 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
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
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