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.
Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
e-learning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students 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 a variety of
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Nicaragua to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can participants
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
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