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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
electronic education technology make it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
normally 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 several
topics that
elearning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
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