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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
online education have made it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online classes.
These online MOOCs 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 many
subjects that
online education institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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