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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
distance learning have made it possible for
students
all around the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners 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
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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