MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
elearning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Mozambique to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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