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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
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
are having to consider
now that distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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