MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
online education are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Grenada to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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