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.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
e-learning have made it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are
ordinarily 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
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are considering
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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