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
discusses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
customarily 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 several
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Laos to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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