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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
generally 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 several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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