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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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