MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
elearning have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
almost always 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.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are quite a few
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
demand for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|
