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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily 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.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are several
topics that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
One Month to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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