MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
elearning technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC classes are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to consider
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Zambia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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