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 the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
online learning are empowering
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students 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 numerous
topics that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Trainers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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