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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massive open online courses are
mostly 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 numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kenya to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
new open education
undertakings.
Scientists want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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