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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology are enabling
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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