MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
typically 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 a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Reunion to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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