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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
online learning have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC classes are
typically 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 many
topics that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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