MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
evolvements in
elearning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for students 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 quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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