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.
Find out more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
digital education technology have enabled
students
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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