MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online education technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOC 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 many
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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