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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
distance learning enable
humans
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Qatar to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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