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.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
elearning are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Guadeloupe to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
important new open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
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