MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning are enabling
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners 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 numerous
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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