MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
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
subjects that
e-learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Samoa to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also addresses the
key 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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