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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online learning enable
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses are
generally 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 numerous
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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