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.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology have enabled
students
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
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 a variety of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Egypt to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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