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 the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
e-learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
customarily 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 numerous
subjects that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Solomon Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Students want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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