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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
typically 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 a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Seychelles to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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