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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
learning technology have empowered
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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