MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Albania to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desideratum for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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