MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
online education technology are enabling
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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