MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
e-learning are making it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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