MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
distance learning technology enable
humans
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
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
subjects that
elearning institutions
have to consider
today because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
In response to this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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