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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
distance learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
typically 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
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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