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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly 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 quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Malta to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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