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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
blended learning have empowered
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
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
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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