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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
elearning technology are empowering
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
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 institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to comprehend how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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