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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
elearning technology are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
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 technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Students want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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