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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
blended learning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desideratum for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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