MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
online education make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC classes are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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