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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
digital education technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massively open online 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
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Tanzania to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
want
to understand
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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