MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
electronic education technology make it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Norfolk Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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