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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kenya to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
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