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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online education technology are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
for students 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
topics that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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