MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
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