MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
electronic education technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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