MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
distance learning make it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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