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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology enable
students
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are numerous
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
need for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|