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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online education technology are empowering
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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