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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
learning technology enable
students
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Germany to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Educators want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
need for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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