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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to know how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
demand for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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