MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
elearning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
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
online education organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Greece to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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