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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
online learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Educators want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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