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
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
online learning are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
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 a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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