MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
e-learning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
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 massive open courses are
typically free
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 variety of
topics that
online education organizations
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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