MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
online learning technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to take classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOCs 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 numerous
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Jamaica to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
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