MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
online learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Peter I Island to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|