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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
online education technology have enabled
students
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Bahrain to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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