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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
online education are enabling
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
generally 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
issues that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can participants
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
demand for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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