MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are considering
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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