MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
digital education technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOC classes are
free
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 several
issues that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Botswana to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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