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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
online education technology have empowered
students
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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