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 the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
digital education technology have empowered
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
MOOCs are
free
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 many
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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