MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
elearning technology have provided the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
These massively open online courses are
almost always 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 quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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