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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
online education make it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for learners 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 several
issues that
e-learning institutions
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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