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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Dominican Republic to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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