MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
evolvements in
digital education technology are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
These MOOCs are
mostly 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 numerous
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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