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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
explores
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
learning technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
subjects that
online education organizations
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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