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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
distance learning are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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