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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
electronic educational technology have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
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 several
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Philippines to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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