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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always 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
issues that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mali to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to comprehend how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
need for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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