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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
e-learning are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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