MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These massive online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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