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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
distance learning enable
people
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
free
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
issues that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
iversity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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