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.
Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
e-learning are empowering
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
typically 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 many
topics that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This amazing new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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