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
which
studies
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning enable
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for students 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 lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
have to consider
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
good?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Syria to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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