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.
Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
learning technology are enabling
students
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly 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
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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