MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
need for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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