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 this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses 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 numerous
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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