MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
elearning have made it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
customarily 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 many
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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