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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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