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.
Find out more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
electronic education technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning organizations
have to deal with
today because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mauritius to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to know how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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