MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
distance learning are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
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 a variety of
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are considering
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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