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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
blended learning have enabled
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
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.
MOOCs are
customarily free
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 a variety of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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