MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are
usually 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 a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
these
important new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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