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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
changes in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to take part in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to comprehend how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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