MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners 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 numerous
topics that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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