MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
elearning technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive online courses are
typically 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
e-learning technology organizations
must deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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