MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
blended learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily 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 a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
One Month to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Trainers want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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