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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology enable
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive 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 many
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to comprehend how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
these
new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
demand for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
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