MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online education have enabled
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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