MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
e-learning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
MOOC classes 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 variety of
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
need for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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