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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
are considering
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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