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
book
that
discusses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
demand for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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