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 this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
elearning technology have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
issues that
elearning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Howland Island to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
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