MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
electronic educational technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC courses are
typically 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 numerous
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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