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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
elearning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Australia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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