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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online education have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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