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.
Learn more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
online education technology enable
people
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for students 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
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
new open educational
initiatives.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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