MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online education technology make it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can institutions
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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