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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
elearning technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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