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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
e-learning have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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