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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
online education technology are empowering
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily 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 a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to consider
today because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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