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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
elearning enable
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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