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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
online learning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Washington to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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