MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
online learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education organizations
have to deal with
today because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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