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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
e-learning enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Vatican City to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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