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 this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
distance learning technology are empowering
students
in nations all aver the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Libya to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
need for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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