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 the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
elearning technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
for students 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
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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