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 this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
online education technology are empowering
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of South Florida to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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