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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for students 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 quite a few
topics that
e-learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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