MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
learning technology have made it possible for
students
all over the world
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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