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 the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
online education technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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