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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
commonly 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 many
issues that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
today because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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