MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
developments in
e-learning are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
topics that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Arizona State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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