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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online learning technology enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
normally 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 many
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Chad to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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