MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
online learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
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.
MOOC courses 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 lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Palau to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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