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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning are empowering
learners
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
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 a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are considering
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Scientists want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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