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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
e-learning technology enable
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
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