MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
distance learning technology have enabled
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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