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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online education technology are empowering
learners
all around the world
to take online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
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
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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