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 the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
electronic educational technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for learners 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 quite a few
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Samoa to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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