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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
learning technology have made it possible for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These online MOOCs 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 a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Scholars want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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