MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advancements in
blended learning have made it possible for
students
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
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 several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
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