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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Scottsdale Community College to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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