MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
gains in
e-learning technology have made it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
are dealing with
today because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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