MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
e-learning are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for students 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 variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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