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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
online learning technology are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These massive open courses are
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 numerous
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Nigeria to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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