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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for students 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 education organizations
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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