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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
The Bahamas to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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