MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
elearning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
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 online MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
demand for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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