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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
blended learning technology are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desire for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
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