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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
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 numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Students want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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