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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
e-learning make it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
need for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This sensational new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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