MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
technology-enhanced learning enable
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Finland to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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