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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
blended learning enable
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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