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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOC courses 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 several
topics that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
iversity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
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