MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
online education are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students 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 a lot of
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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