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 the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cuba to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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