MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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