MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
online learning technology have made it possible for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open 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
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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