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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
e-learning are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
The Ohio State University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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