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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These 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 several
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Meetup to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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