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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
online learning are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
iversity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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