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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
new open educational
initiatives.
People want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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