MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
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 is a
book
that
explores
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOC courses are
usually 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 organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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