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 the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
e-learning have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC courses are
normally 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 a variety of
subjects that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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