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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
distance learning enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This sensational new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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