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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
electronic education technology make it possible for
learners
all over the world
to participate in classes 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.
These MOOC classes are
commonly free
for students 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 quite a few
topics that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Oman to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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