MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
learning technology enable
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily 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 several
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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