MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
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 Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
mostly 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 a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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