MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
electronic education technology enable
learners
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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