MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
elearning have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive open courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
today because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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