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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
distance learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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