MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are
usually 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 quite a few
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Researchers want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This exciting new book
also researches 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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