MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
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