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.
Find out more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
e-learning are making it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to consider
today because learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
important new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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