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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
elearning enable
learners
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive open courses are
almost always 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 a lot of
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Canvas Network to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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