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.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
distance learning technology are enabling
humans
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Scientists want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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