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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for learners 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.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
demand for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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