MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
need for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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