MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These MOOCs are
usually free
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 a lot of
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Meetup to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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