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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
online learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs 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
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
iversity to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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