MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
e-learning enable
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massive open online courses are
generally 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 numerous
issues that
elearning organizations
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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