MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners 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 a lot of
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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