MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
digital education technology make it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly 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 many
topics that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
now that learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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