MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
online education technology enable
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also discusses 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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