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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
blended learning enable
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Russia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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