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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
distance learning have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
must deal with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
China, People's Republic of to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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