MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for learners 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 a variety of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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