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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
elearning technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
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.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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