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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
electronic educational technology enable
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This thrilling new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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