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 Around the World is a
book
which
explores
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
digital education technology have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are considering
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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