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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
subjects that
online education organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kazakhstan to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Students want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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