MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
online education have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These massive open courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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