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 this fascinating 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
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online education have enabled
people
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Russia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
details
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 issues.
This exciting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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