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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online education have enabled
students
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Malta to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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