MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
distance learning make it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate 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 MOOC courses are
normally 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 a variety of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cambodia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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