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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
electronic educational technology have empowered
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are several
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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