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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
online education technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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