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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
digital education technology have empowered
students
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are several
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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