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.
Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Abkhazia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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