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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These 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 several
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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