MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
e-learning have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Excelsior College to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can institutions
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
demand for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This amazing new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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