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.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
online education technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive online courses are
almost always 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 numerous
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Students want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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