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 the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online learning have provided the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ohio State University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
developing
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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