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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are several
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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