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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
electronic education technology have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC classes are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
issues that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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