MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC classes are
generally 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 many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to consider
now that blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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