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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
developments in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
MOOC courses are
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 a variety of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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