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 this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
MOOC courses are
free
for students 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
subjects that
elearning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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