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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
developments in
distance learning enable
learners
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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