MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
online education technology are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students 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 several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Saudi Arabia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This thrilling new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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