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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online education are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
These massive open courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
New Zealand to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open educational
initiatives.
Public servants want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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