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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
distance learning have empowered
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for learners 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 several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Guyana to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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