MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
digital education technology are empowering
humans
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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