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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
elearning technology have empowered
learners
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
almost always 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 many
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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