MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
developments in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Queen Maud Land to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
endeavours.
People want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desideratum for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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