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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
digital education technology have empowered
students
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Students want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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