MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
e-learning technology have made it possible for
students
all around the world
to take part in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
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
subjects that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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