MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive online 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 several
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to consider
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
need for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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