MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
online education are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These MOOC classes are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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