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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
electronic education technology make it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are several
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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