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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
online learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
for learners 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
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Students want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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