MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
learning technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
generally 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 numerous
issues that
elearning institutions
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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