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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for students 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
LinkedIn to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also investigates the
major 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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