MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
online learning enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These massive online courses are
generally 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 a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
are dealing with
today because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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