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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
online education are enabling
learners
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
customarily 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 several
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rice University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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