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 this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
electronic education technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for students 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 a variety of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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