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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online learning have made it possible for
humans
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tonga to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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