MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can institutions
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Ghana to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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