MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
digital education technology have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open courses are
usually 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 quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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