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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
elearning are enabling
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
typically 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 many
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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