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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
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 quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This amazing new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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