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 the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
students
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
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 a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
are struggling with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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