MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
online education technology are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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