MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
elearning are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning organizations
are considering
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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