MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
must deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Zimbabwe to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
these
important new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
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