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 this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
electronic education technology are empowering
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC classes are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
now that online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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