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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
distance learning have made it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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