MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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