MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOCs are
almost always 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 numerous
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Micronesia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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