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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
e-learning are empowering
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Swaziland to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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