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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Grenada to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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