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 the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
e-learning are making it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
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 technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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