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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
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.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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