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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Malta to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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