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 this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
distance learning enable
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily 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 lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are considering
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
iversity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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