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.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
explores
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
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
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This thrilling new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
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