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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
digital education technology have enabled
learners
all around the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are quite a few
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Russia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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