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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
learning technology enable
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
important new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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