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 is a
book
which
examines
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
e-learning are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
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 a lot of
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can we
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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