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.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
electronic educational technology enable
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs 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 lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
make sure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
People want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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