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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
online education have enabled
humans
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Tunisia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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