MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
learning technology enable
students
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Anguilla to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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