MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
online education are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
People want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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