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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
online learning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are
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
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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