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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
ventures.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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