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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
online learning are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
normally 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 lot of
topics that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Spain to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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