MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
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 lot of
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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