MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners 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
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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