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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
e-learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
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 institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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