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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
technology-enhanced learning are empowering
learners
all around the world
to participate 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.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
have to consider
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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