MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online education technology are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
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 massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can institutions
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Andorra to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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