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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online learning have made it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
open educational
experiments.
Students want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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