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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
online learning are making it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for learners 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 lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
The Bahamas to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can stakeholders
manage
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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