MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
electronic education technology make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes 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.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
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 numerous
subjects that
online education organizations
must deal with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
French Guiana to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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