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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
elearning make it possible for
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC classes are
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
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Korea, North to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
open educational
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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