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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC classes are
generally 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
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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