MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
free
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 several
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can participants
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
demand for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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