MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
online education have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
almost always 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 several
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Botswana to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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