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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
changes in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for students 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 many
subjects that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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