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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
blended learning technology are enabling
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners 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 a variety of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Syria to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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