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.
Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
online learning are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners 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
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
necessity
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
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