MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
distance learning have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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