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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
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 numerous
issues that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Public servants
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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