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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
e-learning have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students 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 a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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