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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
elearning make it possible for
students
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are considering
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can organizations
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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