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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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