MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
blended learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
People want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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