MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
online education technology have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
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 a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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