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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
decent?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Nigeria to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
People want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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