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.
Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
digital education technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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