MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
e-learning have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning institutions
have to consider
now that learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
demand for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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