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
investigates
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
online learning technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to take online courses.
These MOOCs are
normally free
for students 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 numerous
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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