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.
Learn more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly 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
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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