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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
distance learning technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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