MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
normally 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
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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