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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online education have made it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOCs are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also considers the
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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