MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
online education are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOCs are
usually 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 lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
new open education
undertakings.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
need for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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