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 this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
electronic educational technology are enabling
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These MOOCs 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
topics that
online education institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Palau to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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