MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
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
analyzes
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Queen Maud Land to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
important new open education
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
demand for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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