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 the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
elearning are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for students 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 variety of
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to consider
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Algeria to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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