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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
e-learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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