MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
online learning technology make it possible for
students
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open 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 many
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Peninsula College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open education
undertakings.
Scientists want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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