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
book
which
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
evolvements in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are considering
today because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Israel to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
these
promising new open education
experiments.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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