MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
elearning are empowering
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students 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
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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