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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
learning technology make it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
topics that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Trainers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
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