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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online education technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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