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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
digital education technology have enabled
humans
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
commonly free
for students 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning organizations
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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