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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
online education enable
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners 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 variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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