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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
electronic educational technology are empowering
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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