MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
online education are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC classes are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Students want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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