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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
online education have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
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
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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