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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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