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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
elearning are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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