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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Korea, South to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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