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 this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
digital education technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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