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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
elearning are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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