MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
humans
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coral Sea Islands to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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