MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
humans
all around the world
to take online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
almost always 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 several
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
People want
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
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