MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
elearning have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
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
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
ventures.
Students want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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