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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
learning technology have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
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 a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
need for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This amazing new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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