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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online learning have made it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for learners 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
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Facebook to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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