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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
e-learning enable
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
mostly 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 quite a few
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to consider
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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