MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
online education have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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