MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
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 is a
book
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
online education are enabling
humans
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
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
issues that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
need for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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