MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
online education are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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