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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
learning technology have enabled
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for students 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
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
One Month to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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