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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
normally 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 quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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