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 this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
learners
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive online courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
key 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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