MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advancements in
online learning have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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