MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners 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 a variety of
topics that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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