MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
elearning technology are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can educators
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Michigan State University to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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