MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
e-learning have enabled
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
topics that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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