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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
distance learning have made it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education institutions
must deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open education
undertakings.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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