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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
blended learning technology enable
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Canada to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
fascinating new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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