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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
online education are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes 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
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are several
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
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