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.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Ethiopia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
necessity
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This thrilling new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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