MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
blended learning are enabling
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC classes are
customarily 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.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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