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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
digital education technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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