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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
online learning make it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners 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 several
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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