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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
e-learning enable
humans
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
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 quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can we
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
need for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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