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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
explores
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
online education are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
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
topics that
online education organizations
must deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ghana to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also explores the
major 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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