MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
e-learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC courses are
normally 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 quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Malawi to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to know how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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