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.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
digital education technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning institutions
must deal with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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