MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
online learning are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online education organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Utah to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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