MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
learning technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners 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 several
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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