MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
online learning technology are making it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Georgetown University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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