MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
elearning technology are making it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
These MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
today because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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