MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take classes online.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
need for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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