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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
electronic educational technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning institutions
must deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
One Month to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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