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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
elearning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners 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 quite a few
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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