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 this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
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 quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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