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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
elearning technology enable
humans
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Professors want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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