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.
Learn more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
digital education technology make it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
free
for learners but do not
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
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Malaysia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
demand for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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