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.
Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
changes in
elearning are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
undertakings.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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