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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
learning technology enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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