MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
elearning are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are
ordinarily 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 a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
McHenry County College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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