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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online education have enabled
people
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners 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 variety of
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This amazing new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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