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 this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
online education enable
learners
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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