MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
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
edited collection
which
investigates
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
learning technology are empowering
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
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
topics that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Svalbard to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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