MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
elearning have enabled
humans
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
important new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This thrilling new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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