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.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
elearning technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
El Salvador to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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