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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
e-learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
typically 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
issues that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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