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 this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
digital education technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Trainers want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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