MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
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
analyzes
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online education technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
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 a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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