MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
electronic education technology have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants 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.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
iversity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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