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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to comprehend how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
demand for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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