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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
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 institutions
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ireland to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can educators
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Students want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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