MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
e-learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC classes 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
have to deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|
