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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
online education technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students 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
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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