MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online education technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning institutions
have to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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