MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
online learning have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
commonly 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 quite a few
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Ross Dependency to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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