MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online education are empowering
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|