MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online learning are enabling
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
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 lot of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Chile to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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