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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
distance learning enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
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.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are numerous
topics that
online education institutions
have to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Germany to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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